At 12:20 PM 09/17/1999 -0500, you wrote:

Just because you, the author, don't like a character doesn't mean any
given character won't like him either.

Thats why it's a fanfic, Gary.  It's his interpretation, thats all.

"I've seen him steal things that were on fire." Ranma clarified.

Oh really? Could you possibly direct me to somewhere in the manga that
supports this? As I understood it, Genma's thefts were just a few
isolated incidents. Not that the spirit couldn't argue this line anyway,
but Ranma ought to expose it for the BS that it is.

Can you point to a reference that wouldnt?  Keep in mind that there's a
*lot* of time that the manga/anime doesnt cover.  Once again, this is
Jack's interpretation.  I took it as a rather good joke, most likely how it
was intended.  Don't be such a canon fanatic.

And, IMO, the author character biases noticeably weakened the story. As
I've said before, check out <http://ranmascan.dhs.org> for scanned and
translated Ranma manga; it's the best antidote for fanfic cliche
characterizations.

Removing *all* fanfic cliches is never a good idea.  Takes away half the
fun, and more than half of the (more-or-less) accepted explanations of some
very unexplainable events or things.  Hell, a many of the "fanfic cliches"
have been shown to be accurate anyway.

Red


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